Best Ever Lemon Bars

By mrsjorn

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter, melted
• 1 1/4 cup plus 2 T sugar, divided
• 3/4 tsp vanilla
• 1/8 tsp salt
• 1 cup plus 3 Tablespoons all purpose flour
• 3 eggs, beaten
• 1 1/2 tsp lemon zest
• 1/2 cup lemon juice
• Garnish; powdered sugar

Details

Servings 16

Preparation

Step 1

Stir together butter, 1/4 cup sugar, vanilla and salt. Add one cup flour; mix just until incorporated. Press evenly into the bottom of an aluminum foil lined 8 x 8 baking pan. Place a rack in the lower 1/3 of oven. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes until edges are golden and center is lightly golden. While crust is baking, stir together remaining sugar and flour in a separate bowl. Whisk in eggs; stir in lemon zest and juice. When baked crust is done, reduce oven temperature to 300 degrees. Pull out oven rack without removing pan; pour filling over hot crust. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes longer until topping is puffed at the edges and no longer jiggles in the center. Set pan on a wire rack; cool completely. Lift the ends of the foil; transfer to a cutting board. Cut into bars with a long sharp knife. Keep bars refrigerated in an airtight containder up to 3 days. Dust with powdered sugar at serving time.